How Excessive LED Street Light Pollution Could Impact you and the Environment
New generation LED lighting, now a must-have for street lighting, can do more harm than the good if not implemented in moderation, warn experts. In fact institutions and the public at large seem to be indifferent to LED light pollution which is spreading in diverse ways impact health and environment. If at all a wakeup call was needed, this is it! Excessive use of LED street lighting could cause serious damage to the health of human beings, warned lighting designer and educator Mr. Anil Valia, speaking in Hyderabad recently. Prolonged exposure…
Senior Citizen News
Forum for Senior Citizens Tarnaka The monthly meeting held on 17.02.2018 was earmarked for Swachh Sarveskshan, involving SCOTRWA, Yoga class and GHMC officials. The audience was addressed by the Dy. Commissioner, Sri. Ravi Kumar, Dr. Venkatraman, AMO, and K. Tirupathaiah, Project officer UCD. This was followed by live demonstration on Vermi domestic compost (in the houses) by Smt. Aruna Shekar, expert in Waste Management. It was attended by more than 50 members and the ladies in particular had interaction with Aruna Shekar. Sri. N.S.Prasad p…
Appeal by the Telangana State Election Commission to RWAs
The 5th Ordinary Elections to Gram Panchayats in the State of Telangana will be held well before 01.08.2018. There are 1,54,55,451 of voters spread over 8684 GPs in 30 districts. Enumeration of all eligible voters in the Electoral rolls and their consequent participation can lead to more accountable and more responsible village level government…. The Telangana State Election Commission appeals to the members of CII, FICCI, Federation of AP and Telangana Chambers of Industry and Commerce to contribute their might as part of their corporate soc…
CoRWA Updates
GVMC Sets up Integrated Command and Communication Centre State-of-the-art Centre to cater to all civic needs and grievances The Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) started an integrated command and communication City Operations Centre. It offers a platform for all services and grievances, solid waste management, water supply, etc. It emerged as 8th of 20 cities selected in the first round in January 2016. A total of 22 modules have been taken up for development of applications and six have been completed as a part of e-governance intro…
Civil Society Operations : Are they Opposed to Development?
Dr. Rao VBJ Chelikani Recent trends indicate that our NGOs are becoming more and more efficient in their management capacities and are in a collaborative mindset with the governments in the interest of scaling up their operations in multifarious domains. They are proving to be a fertile source for social innovations. Departing, vastly, from the traditional ‘poor feeding’ approach, the new generation of NGOs place high value on the worth and dignity of the needy person and treat him with respect. There is a definite cost-effectiveness in their …
Senior Citizens' Activities
Tanuku Senior Citizens Welfare Association ( A.P.) The Association conducted weekly mobile medical camps for the patients who cannot move out, on 17 th , 24 th , 31 st of December, 2017 and on 7 th and 4 th of January of 2018. over 170 patients were examined in and around Tanuku, covering Mandapaka, Peravali and Velpuru villages. They have also distributed medicines donated by the daughters of late Sri. N. Ranga Rao garu to the poor people. Conducted medical camp on 17/12/17 at their premises where in 43 patients were checked for diab…
Mission of The Civil Society Organisations
By Dr. Rao VBJ Chelikani - In the context of the omnipotence of the political parties and frequent surfing of loyalties by elected representatives from one party to the other, elections are becoming a big ‘ power mela ’ where Instead of urging voters to exercise their rational faculties, candidates whip up mob fury and frenzy, tribal instincts, self-interest, emotional and sentimental attachment to personalities, and narrow caste loyalties. Every election is becoming a sterile repetition. In this context, the Civil Society organisations are tr…
CORWA Updates
CoRWA FIVE YEAR ROAD MAP An appeal is launched by the Secretary General, Dr. K.S. R. Murthy calling RWA experts to take up a feedback/inputs survey from all the members of CoRWA on how this apex body should go ahead in its Mission. To this effect, he has prepared a five point agenda on which your inputs are needed to prepare a Road Map for CoRWA for the next 5 years. The fact that the Hon’ble Minister of Urban Development and the Chief Guest for the 5th NCRWA Conference, Mumbai (18th and 19th Nov., 2017) Sri Hardeep Singh Puri announced the …
Citizens Entitlement Campaign Launched
[gallery link="none" size="large" ids="485,487" orderby="rand"] GHMC Commissioner stresses on citizens' duties along with entitlement More than 20 civil socity organisations and NGOs have come together to launch the Citizens Entitlement Campaign to enable citizens of the twin-cities to easily avail 56 services that are provided by GHMC, Water Works, and the Electricity departments, as per their Citizens’ Charters. Kick-starting the Campaign on 26th January, the GHMC Commissioner Mr. Janardhan Reddy s…
Collective Civil Society effort needed to address juvenile delinquency
By Ram Awadh Yadav Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 has been passed by Parliament of India. It aims to replace the existing Indian juvenile delinquency law, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, so that juveniles in conflict with Law in the age group of 16–18, involved in Heinous Offences, can be tried as adults. It came into force from 15 January 2016 after being passed on 7 May 2015 by the Lok Sabha amid intense protest by several Members of Parliament. It was passed on 22 December 2015 b…
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Tarnaka Book Store Launched for CoRWA Publications
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